diff --git a/gjs.changes b/gjs.changes
index f6edcc4..40b8794 100644
--- a/gjs.changes
+++ b/gjs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  4 20:01:54 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Temporariliy change license to GPL-2.0+: there are a couple files
+  in the source tree, that link into libgjs and bring the code to
+  GPL-2.0+ level; upstream is working on relicensing them
+  (bgo#787263).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 22 08:15:47 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gjs.spec b/gjs.spec
index a5aa035..9bc0fc6 100644
--- a/gjs.spec
+++ b/gjs.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Version:        1.49.91
 Release:        0
 # FIXME: find out if tapsets should really be in devel package or in main package
 Summary:        JavaScript bindings based on gobject-introspection and Mozilla
-License:        MIT
+# currently GPL-2.0, due to coverage, see bgo#787263 - change back once relicensed
+License:        GPL-2.0+
+#License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Libraries/GNOME
 Url:            http://live.gnome.org/Gjs
 Source:         http://download.gnome.org/sources/gjs/1.49/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz